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Vigilante

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An outraged family man (Robert Forster) joins a co-worker's (Fred Williamson) vigilantes against a New York street gang.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/26/2015
B-
A restrained film that has its entertaining moments. Go to Full Review
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 04/15/2011
1.5/4
There's a certain laudable doggedness in its creation, I guess Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 11/05/2010
1/4
A typically inept effort from William Lustig... Go to Full Review
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk 09/22/2010
2.5/4
jets past moral qualms and cuts right into our most feverish sense of righteousness Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/01/2005
2/5
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SpontaneousWeasel 07/23/2023 While there is a fascinating and terrifying sense of reality to what is shown, the quality of acting, choreography, cinematography and soundtrack have aged poorly are functional at best and often times forgettable. Very little stood out from its contemporaries in this vastly over saturated genre. See more brad p 02/21/2023 Vigilante functions well as both a hard-hitting revenge picture and a portrait of a man dealing with extreme grief, though it mostly succeeds with the former. See more 02/11/2021 This is up there with the best Death Wish movies. A fun, gritty, pulpy action thriller, with an awesome score. I love the way Williamson is implemented into this, as a kind of Vigilante recruiter. See more 02/07/2021 Vigilante is an entertaining non-stop action revenge thriller with two incredible independent actors. See more 12/26/2020 Vigilante is absolutely the better version of Charles Bronson's Death Wish and it's really an entertaining grindhouse action film a true independent cult classic and with really outstanding cast by Fred Williamson and Robert Forster RIP. See more 09/26/2020 A true cult classic gritty action thriller with two strong supporting cast and it's an artwork of Independent film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An outraged family man (Robert Forster) joins a co-worker's (Fred Williamson) vigilantes against a New York street gang.
Director
William Lustig
Producer
Andrew W. Garroni, William Lustig
Production Co
Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 12, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Surround
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